45.1 the end of an uninspiring innings, Bell caught at midwicket to a rare aggressive shot. While he was trying to play his way back into Test reckoning, it was hardly the big hitting and improvisation this capacity crowd expected 258/5

England arrived in Belfast to a low-key welcome - like most other places, the World Cup is shunting other sports into the twilight - but on Tuesday more than 6000 are expected at Stormont for the first match between them and Ireland